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The Food and Drug Administration released a briefing document on Pfizer’s BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine candidate that confirms the drug maker’s claims of the vaccine’s efficacy and safety.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in cases challenging the Department of Health and Human Services for authorizing Arkansas and New Hampshire to condition Medicaid coverage on work requirements and other restrictions.
The Department of Health and Human Services should withdraw a proposed rule that would require it to assess a regulation periodically to determine whether it has a significant economic impact on small entities and, if so, review the regulation to determine whether to retain, modify or eliminate it…
Acute-care hospitals reduced Clostridium difficile infections by 18%, catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 8% and central line-associated bloodstream infections by 7% in 2019, according to the latest progress report on reducing healthcare-associated infections from the Centers for…
President-elect Joe Biden nominated California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next Health and Human Services Secretary.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an addenda with instructions for implementing six new ICD-10 diagnosis codes for reporting COVID-19-related conditions on health care claims effective Jan. 1.
FDA issues COVID-19 policies on clinical trials for medical products, mammography quality standards.
The Food and Drug Administration Dec. 4 issued guidance on how to conduct clinical trials for medical products during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first prescription diagnostic test for both COVID-19 and influenza A and B that allows patients to collect a sample at home and ship it to a laboratory for analysis.
The AHA is accepting applications through Dec. 8 for its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, which recognizes hospital efforts to reduce health disparities and advance diversity and inclusion.
Job growth continued in November, but at a slower pace than this summer, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.